Hamlet (2009 film)
Hamlet | |
---|---|
Genre | Tragedy |
Written by | William Shakespeare |
Directed by | Gregory Doran |
Starring | David Tennant Patrick Stewart |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Running time | 180 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | BBC Two |
Release | 26 December 2009 |
Hamlet is a 2009
PBS' Great Performances
in the United States on 28 April 2010.
Directed by
Horatio
.
Production
The production was filmed with a
RED One camera technology.[1]
Cast
- Prince Hamlet — David Tennant
- King Hamlet — Patrick Stewart
- Queen Gertrude — Penny Downie
- Ophelia — Mariah Gale
- Horatio — Peter de Jersey
- Laertes — Edward Bennett
- Polonius — Oliver Ford Davies
- Rosencrantz / Second Gravedigger — Sam Alexander
- Guildenstern — Tom Davey
- Gravedigger — Mark Hadfield
- Player King — John Woodvine
- Osric / Player Queen — Ryan Gage
- Dumbshow King — Samuel Dutton
- Dumbshow Queen / Priest — Jim Hooper
- Reynaldo / Dumbshow Poisoner — David Ajala
- Marcellus — Keith Osborn
- Barnardo — Ewen Cummins
- Francisco / Fortinbras — Robert Curtis
- Voltemand — Roderick Smith
- Cornelia — Andrea Harris
- Lucianus — Ricky Champ
- Lady-in-waiting — Riann Steele
- Lady-in-waiting — Zoe Thorne
DVD release
The film was released by
Blu-ray
on 19 April 2010 and on DVD and Blu-ray on 4 May 2010 in the United States and Canada.
References
Bibliography
- Wilson, Benji (20 December 2009). "David Tennant brings Hamlet to TV for Christmas". The Times. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
Further reading
- Griggs, Yvonne (2010). "Review of Shakespeare's Hamlet (directed by Gregory Doran for BBC TV), BBC Two, 29 December 2009". Shakespeare. 6 (2). S2CID 192150772.
- Rokison, Abigail (2009). "David Tennant on Hamlet". Shakespeare. 5 (3). ISSN 1745-0918.
External links
- Hamlet at IMDb
- Hamlet at BBC Online
- Archived Site - BBC